Author: Loki Renard
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781794691742
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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This city rewards the strong, punishes the weak, and destroys the innocent.So do I. I am Vicious.I have to be. I'm watching her.Every move. Every word. Every breath. She will defy me.She will hate me.She will try to flee.In the end, she will surrender. She's mine.She just doesn't know it yet. Vicious Looks is the first book in the episodic dark romance Vicious City series.
Author: V. E. Schwab
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466822171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367
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V. E. Schwab's New York Times bestseller Vicious is a masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers. Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong. Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end? In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question. "A dynamic and original twist on what it means to be a hero and a villain. A killer from page one...highly recommended!" —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Marvel Universe vs The Avengers and Patient Zero One of Publishers Weekly's Best Fantasy Books of 2013 At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Terri Blackstock
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310289203
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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Bestselling suspense author Terri Blackstock offers a harrowing look at drug addiction, human trafficking, and the devastating choices that can change lives forever. When fifteen-year-old Lance Covington finds an abandoned baby in the backseat of a car, he knows she’s the newborn daughter of a meth addict he’s been trying to help. But when police arrest him for kidnapping, Lance is thrust into a criminal world of baby trafficking and drug abuse. His mother, Barbara, looks for help from Kent Harlan—the man she secretly, reluctantly loves and who once helped rescue her daughter from a mess of her own. Kent flies to Barbara’s aid and begins the impossible work of getting Lance out of trouble, protecting a baby who has no home, and finding help for a teenage mother hiding behind her lies. Full-length suspense novel Part of the Intervention series: Book One: Intervention Book Two: Vicious Cycle Book Three: Downfall Includes discussion questions for book clubs
Author: V. E. Schwab
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765387549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 441
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*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *2018 GOOD READS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION CATEGORY* A super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions—#1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious. Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Sydney and Serena Clarke. Great partnerships, now soured on the vine. But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she’s finally gained the control she’s always sought—and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She’ll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other. With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning. Entertainment Weekly's 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now “Readers won't be able to put down this dark and riveting tale of power and revenge.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred Praise for Vicious “Schwab's characters feel vital and real, never reduced to simple archetypes...In a genre that tends toward the flippant or pretentious, this is a rare superhero novel as epic and gripping as any classic comic. Schwab's tale of betrayal, self-hatred, and survival will resonate with superhero fans as well as readers who have never heard of Charles Xavier or Victor von Doom.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "V. E. Schwab's Vicious is the superhero novel I've been waiting for: fresh, merciless, and yes, vicious. Wow."—Mira Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Blackout Villians #1 Vicious #2 Vengeful "Warm Up" (short story) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Sherri Cullison
Publisher: Schiffer Design Books
ISBN: 9780764316340
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Over 250 color images present the artwork of twenty talented contemporary female artists who have claimed the outsider art genre Lowbrow Art, once dominated by men, for their own. In the text, each artist's story is presented along with her work and essays from Chris Pfouts and Anthony Ausgang.
Author: Chuck Morgan
Publisher: Charles E Morgan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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A HORRENDOUS CRIME RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES. Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Buck Taylor and his team are called in to assist with the investigation of a mass shooting at a drag club. Dealing with a massive crime scene and hundreds of dead and injured entertainers and audience members, they are faced with the reality that the shooter has escaped and that a leading ultra-right-wing congressman is among the dead. The investigation leads Buck and his team in many directions with questions that must be answered. Who is the killer? Why was a congressman who was trying to ban drag clubs among the victims? And what role did a conservative podcaster play in promoting the violence that occurred at the club? It will be a long, complicated investigation with many twists and turns, and they will need all their skills to find the killer.
Author: Denis Hellewell
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1467000175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Wolf spiders chasing clowns in the heather, rats running in the maze, townboys gaming at the museum, Americans invading Nant Saras. It was like living in an early Spielberg movie one of the classics, Harry Potter and the Temple of Doom or the Mattress perhaps? Not that any of us ever saw ourselves as a hero. It''s a long time since we saw one of those films, even though they play endlessly on the net. Everything is on the net, all the facts and fictions. Like that rubbish about Napoleon, inventing corned beef, the trouble that got us into. What did we know? We were just kids from the academy.
Author: Tom Gilco
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 168526011X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Dear readers, This story is very personal to me. It starts with the tales of young Leo Bryant, which by the way is the name of my great-grandson, and includes many characters in his early years. Most of the facts in this story are related to my father, who was born on August 20, 1927, just as Leo was, whose father’s name was the name of my father and myself. Having read extensively on the subject of the United Mine Workers of America, of which I am a current member, having worked in the coal mines for fourteen years on various assignments, and being forced out by injuries, of which there are many in the coal mining industry, I believe I am qualified as a man who knows the facts of the mine wars. Many of the historical facts in this story are true, for example, the Blair Mountain Massacre in which quite a few miners were killed or injured by the coal company thugs, including Sheriff Don Chafin whose sole responsibility was to keep the union out of Logan County, West Virginia. I hope you read and enjoy this story as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks. Tom Leo Gilco Jr.
Author: Sara Andrew Shafer
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Author: Sonia Palleck
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039162398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
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Athena Brkovich believes in true love. Born into a blue collar family in 1968, young Athena and her sisters are sent away when their mother is hospitalized and their father is unable to care for them. The beginnings of trauma, separation, denial and suffering set Athena on her path. Brilliant, but naive, Athena refuses to grow up and become part of an adult world she doesn’t trust. But as time unfolds, the guilt that swirls around her beloved sister Lejla, and the blossoming desire for her soulmate Niko, plunge Athena into confusion. When circumstances bring them all together in high school, betrayal threatens to engulf Athena in shame and hatred. No matter how many walls Athena builds to escape her painful past, she must confront the person she is becoming in a society where only the strong survive. Compelling, and at times tragic, Book 1 explores the themes of childhood trauma, family conflict, alcoholism, and teenage love. Despite the darkness, Athena struggles to follow the little light inside herself, guiding her to forgiveness, peace, redemption, and the ultimate prize, love.
